Search Results: Titles starting with P from Cole & Contreras

Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1897. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of Rostand's poetic tribute to Greece, composed during the Ottoman-Greek war. ONE OF ONLY 20 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Oblong 8vo. Attractively bound in recent marbled boards, original wraps preserved. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects.

Prague: Manes, 1936. A UNIQUE COPY, WITH TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. First and only edition of this rare Czech monograph on Picasso, with an introduction by Nikodem, 64 black and white plates reproducing Picasso's work in all media, and two photographic portraits of Picasso, including a full-page portrait by Man Ray. JOSEPH SOLMAN'S COPY, WITH TWO ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS BY HIM. On the front free endpaper is a sketch of a hand, initialed by the artist. On the rear pastedown is a more eloborate abstract drawing. 4to. Original boards. Backstrip missing. Light wear to extremities of boards. Internally clean. UNIQUE.

Madrid: Manuel Tello, 1868. The standard monograph and catalogue raisonne of the work of this important 16th-century Spanish artist. Folio, uncut and unopened in original wraps. Light sunning and wear to wraps, else fine. Rare.

Paris: Manuel Bruker / Pour les amis du Docteur Lucien-Graux, 1930. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with wood-engravings, printed in sanguine, by Jean-Paul Dubray. From an edition limited to 250 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. This copy is SIGNED IN INK BY BOTH DUHAMEL AND DUBRAY under the full-page hors-texte wood-engraved portrait frontispiece. 8vo. Original wraps. A bit of wear to head of spine, else UNCUT, FINE AND BRIGHT. Extremely rare in this state (i.e., on Japan paper and signed).

New York: New York University Press, 1971. A scholarly monograph on courtly portraiture, 14th-19th centuries. 177 plates, including a few in color. 4to, publisher's cloth. Fine in a fine dj.

Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1977. The standard monograph and catalogue raisonne. Profusely illustrated in b&w, with a few color plates. 4to, publisher's cloth. Fine in a near fine dj.

Paris, 2014. A very large original photograph by Colombian photographer Margarita Bohórquez, who lives and works in France. Edition limited to three prints, each signed, numbered, and titled by the artist. 76 x 115 cm. In fine condition, with no defects.

Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées, 1928. One of one FIVE COPIES ON JAPANESE PAPER (tête) of the first and only edition of this collection of stories. With a stunning lithographed cover by André Masson, colored by pochoir. 255 pp. 8vo. UNCUT, FINE AND BRIGHT IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPS, AS NEW, WITH NO DEFECTS.

Madrid / Palma de Mallorca: Papeles de Son Armadans, 1968. Year XIII, issue XLIX of this literary periodical. Includes interesting translations, by Cristobal Serra, of two poems by Blake. 8vo. Original wraps. ENTIRELY UNCUT AND UNOPENED. Minimal traces of wear to covers, else fine and bright. Complete with ads at rear.

Paris: (the author), 1942. First edition of Ganzo's text, ILLUSTRATED WITH 23 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY ROUX, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY RE-TOUCHED IN COLORED CRAYONS BY THE ARTIST. The additions are so extensive that the images are closer to original drawings than to lithographs. Edition limited to 110 copies, of which this is one of 95 printed on fine Rives laid paper. 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. A rare and charming book.

Paris: Cres, 1919. First edition of this collection of poems. From a large-paper edition of 25 copies, this is one of FIVE copies on old Japan paper. 8vo, leather over marbled boards, original wraps and backstrip preserved. Uncut and unopened. Fine.

Paris?, c. 1920?. AN UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT: A MEDITATION ON LIFE, ART, AND DEATH. 17 verses (divided into 3 stanzas) in neat script in blue ink. WITH THREE PAGES OF ROUGH DRAFTS FOR THIS POEM, heavily edited. Four leaves in all, 27.5 x 22 cm. In very good condition, with a few minor marginal tears to drafts (no loss of paper or text.) Although many artists of the School of Paris tried their hands at poetry, only Rouault succeeded. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT.

Paris: Maisonneauve et Ch. Leclerc, 1886. Critical edition of an important 14th-century Provençal text. 55 pp. Printed on fine wove paper. 8vo. Original wraps. Uncut, unopened, FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare.

Paris: Paul Lemaire (Atelier Maurice Dumont) for Eugène Béjot, 1896. A UNIQUE SET OF THIS RARE AND WONDERFUL FIN-DE-SIECLE PORTFOLIO OF LITHOGRAPHIC SKETCHES DEPICTING PARIS AND SOME OF ITS ELEGANT (mostly female) RESIDENTS. **** Eight large lithographs, printed on fine laid paper, in the original lithographed portfolio case with Béjot's manuscript signature and limitation statement on the front cover (the case is illustrated with two additional lithographs, for a total of ten). From a total edition of 60 numbered sets, this is COPY NUMBER ONE, BEJOT'S OWN COPY, IN WHICH EACH OF THE LITHOGRAPHS IS SIGNED AND DATED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST AND STAMPED WITH HIS SMALL MONOGRAM STAMP (in other sets, the lithographs are stamped but not signed or dated). Laran 422-430 + 422bis. Béjot was known mainly for his precise and detailed etchings; his lithographs are more impressionistic and modern. His entire lithographic oeuvre comprises 15 works, of which this portfolio includes 10. Large folio. Each… Read More

Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1884. A LARGE-PAPER COPY of the first and only edition of this extensive study of the opera, music, and theatre scene in Paris during the early 19th century. viii, 388 pp. Illustrated with 36 plates. ONE OF 50 NUMBERED LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER. 8vo. Original wraps. Wraps worn and somewhat restored. Internally uncut, fine and bright.

Paris: Les Editions Transignum, 2017. Ghislaine Escande. A truly original livre d'artiste devoted to lost and found objects in Paris c. 1900, with NINE STUNNING ORIGINAL COLOR PIGMENT PRINTS by Ghislaine Escande in which dozens of such objects are depicted with the backdrop of very detailed late 19th-century maps. Edition limited to 60 numbered copies printed on fine wove paper and SIGNED by the author and the artist, of which this is the author's copy, COPY NUMBER I of TEN COPIES FOR THE AUTHOR AND THE ARTIST. The box housing the book doubles as a display case for AN ORIGINAL LOST OBJECT, a little chromolithographed antique bookmark printed in French and German, found on June 11, 1920 on the Rue des Archives. 4to. Loose as issued in the original riveted cardboard box, with labels on top, bottom, and side. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.

Paris: Sagot, 1895-1896. Two volumes. A rare Parisian art nouveau almanac. A MATCHING LARGE-PAPER SET: EACH VOLUME IS NUMBER 4 OF ONLY 25 COPIES ON JAPON IMPERIAL PAPER. The 1895 almanac features 12 lithographs by Dillon, each in two states: remarque and final. The 1896 almanach features 6 lithographs, in the belle époque style, by Georges Meunier, each in two states: in bistre and in color. BOTH VOLUMES BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL MOROCCO, SPINES GILT IN SIX COMPARTMENTS, TOP EDGE GILT. Marbled endleaves. Original color-printed wrappers preserved. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Matching sets of the deluxe issue are virtually impossible to find.

Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2007. Two volumes, complete. The monumental catalogue raisonné of the drawings of Parmigianino. Over 1000 items exhaustively described and beautifully reproduced. Dozens of full-page color plates. Folio. Publisher's cloth and dustjackets. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.

Paris: Les Médecins Bibliophiles, 1961. René Genis. A charming livre de peintre, with 35 ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY RENE GENIS. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies, all printed on fine BFK Rives wove paper. This copy printed for Dr. Marcel Rouzaud. Large 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps, chemise, and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects.

Paris: Albin Michel, 1964. First edition. 224 pp. One of only 26 numbered copies printed on fine Marais wove paper. 8vo. Original wraps. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects.